Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin
Tract 48453001503 · Travis, TX · pop 5,214 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Eviction risk in the Highland area of Austin centers on tract 48453001503, which scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,214 residents. On the national scale it ranks #55,865 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,825 a month against an average household income of $98,528 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 74% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units3,034
Renter share74.0%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$98,528
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.3273, -97.7158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Austin
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,825 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Austin
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Austin
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Austin
4.5
How Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 375Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2007)
- 30Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Austin eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Travis County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 375 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2007.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453001503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001503?
Census tract 48453001503 in the Highland neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48453001503?
Median gross rent is $1,825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001503?
8.1% of residents in tract 48453001503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,214.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 2th, minority 67th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48453001503 considered part of Highland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001503 fall within Highland (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 375 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453001503 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453001503 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Austin at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Austin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 48453001503 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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